MGE UPS Systems (Costa Mesa, CA) introduced its new battery on-site spares (BOSS) system that provides users with fully charged spare batteries should their UPS system batteries weaken or fail. By having the BOSS on hand, users save valuable time and costs by eliminating the wait for replacement batteries. Suitable for high-demand applications, the BOSS […]
Commergy Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland) announced a 96 percent, high-efficiency, quarter-brick, bus converter product designed to drive point-of-load converters in intermediate bus architectures in computer, server and raid systems. The Commergy 240W quarter-brick unit provides 12V at 20A and provides basic isolation from a 48V distributed power bus. The converter uses industry-standard parts and planar magnetics […]
Beta Dyne Inc. (Bridgewater, MA) announced its new ARG3000 Series of isolated, adjustable, 33W, dc/dc converters, which are suitable for a number...
AVX Corp. (Myrtle Beach, SC) announced additions to its CWR09 and CWR11 military tantalum chip capacitor families. The CWR09 style, commercially available...
Analog Devices Inc. (Norwood, MA) expanded the company's portfolio of radio frequency (RF) ICs with a new family of direct digital synthesizers (DDS). The new chips deliver a 400MHz clock speed at one-tenth the power consumption of previous solutions, enabling designers to use DDS for fast frequency hopping at higher output frequencies in more power-sensitive […]
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI, Dallas, TX) introduced its new TPS6205x family of low-power, step-down, dc/dc converters, which are suitable for portable battery-powered devices such as personal digital assistants, smart phones and other Bluetooth-enabled equipment. Designed to provide up to 95 percent power conversion efficiency, the synchronous converters offer a wide input-voltage range from 2.7V to […]
Zeon Corp. (Louisville, KY) announced that it has developed a new binder polymer for lithium-ion battery negative electrodes that offers substantial performance...
Commergy Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland) announced two new ranges of dc/dc converter products for immediate off-the-shelf release covering the quarter-brick and eighth-brick open-frame form factors. Commergy's quarter-brick converters offers 91 percent efficiency at 3.3V at 50A. The low-voltage unit offers 1.8V at 60A. Commergy's eighth-brick offers 90 percent efficiency at 3.3V at 25A and 1.8V at […]
Fuxin Dongxin Capacitor Co. Ltd. (China) debuted its new CBB81 Series of PPF capacitors, which withstand up to 1.6 times their rated voltage and are suitable for high-voltage pulse circuits in color TV receivers. Capacitance values ranges from 2.2nF to 0.22µF (1kV), 2.2nF to 0.17µF (1.25kV), 1nF to 39nF (1.6V), or 1nF to 15nF (2kV) […]
Chi Fung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong) presented its new ultra-slim tactile switch, which has a 4.5mm x 4.5mm footprint and a thickness of 0.4mm, making it suitable for mobile phones. The device requires an actuation force of 160gf and is rated at 12V, 0.5A. Selling price is negotiable with a minimum order of 10,000 […]
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. (AEI, Fort Collins, CO) unveiled its Pinnacle™ 3000 dc power supply, which delivers an output of up to...
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) presented its new MAX1534 triple-output, keep-alive power supply IC packaged in a 16-pin, 4mm x 4mm...
Ningxia Xingri Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) announced its CA72 Series of solid-state, tantalum capacitors, which feature a non-polar design, rectangular package, radial...
Ningxia Xingri Electronics Co. Ltd. (China) announced its CA72 Series of solid-state, tantalum capacitors, which feature a non-polar design, rectangular package, radial...
Fairchild Semiconductor International (San Jose, CA) introduced the FDS4770, FDS4470, FDS4780, FDS4480 and the FDS4672A n-channel 40V MOSFETs for dc/dc conversion that...